Changes in the concentrations of tetrahydrobiopterin, the cofactor of tyrosine hydroxylase, in blood under physical stress and in depression

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1018, Issue , 2004, Pages 378-386

  Hashimoto, R ^a   Nagatsu, T ^b   Ohta, T ^c   Mizutani, M ^c   Omura, I ^d  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Stress; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL SECRETION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 3242704931     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1296.047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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